SIU in the News - October, 2015

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The SEC never reads 74% of filings, putting investors at risk

MSN.com - October 28, 2015 


Mehta and Wanli Zhao, an associate professor of finance at Southern Illinois University, found that public companies headquartered in or near...


RPT-US rivals see chance for opening against Trump, Carson at Republican debate

Reuters US News - October 28, 2015 


...got nothing to lose," said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. For more on the...


There's a devastating new report on the state of law schools in America

Business Insider - October 28, 2015 

...to fill budget gaps. In all fairness, the dean of Southern Illinois University School of Law did question the correlation between LSAT scores...


Two little-known Charleston legends that time has nearly forgotten

Charleston City Paper - October 28, 2015 


...Brown, an associate professor of history and African studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. According to Brown, while the incident...


JALC board explores partnership with SIU Agriculture Department

Thesouthern.com - October 27, 2015 

...A. Logan College Board of Trustees explored partnering with Southern Illinois University s award-winning Agriculture Department. Mickey Latour,


Leaders think they're winning; not so the public

Saukvalley.com - October 27, 2015 


...on the chin for several days in a row this month. The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute's recent poll of southern Illinoisans showed Rauner's...


A Change At The Top For The SIU Med School

WUIS 91.9 - October 27, 2015 

A Change At The Top For The SIU Med School Dr. Jerry Kruse has been affiliated with the SIU School of Medicine for over 30 years. Most recently...


8 Ways You Can Help End the Budget Standoff and Bring Hope Back to Illinois

Oswego - IL - Patch.com - October 27, 2015 

...conversation! That was David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, returning...


Speakers, panel discussion offered at PTSD conference

The Daily Republican - October 27, 2015 

...a Life Sentence. Elaine Jurkowski, professor of social work at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, How to Offer Support. Brandi Young, Illinois...


Metro East leaders unveil cybersecurity training center

St. Louis Public Radio - October 27, 2015 

...training are key aspects of regional workforce development. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is expected to eventually join the partnership...


Want to see how "St. Louis on the Air" is made? Join us for Media Literacy Week on Nov. 2

St. Louis Public Radio - October 26, 2015 


Professor and Dean, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, author of Children and Media: A Global...


6 Interesting Facts About John Brown, the White Abolitionist Who Led a Slave Uprising

Atlanta Blackstar - October 26, 2015 

...abolitionist work on Nov. 7, 1837. According Southern Illinois University archives, his violent death greatly stimulated abolitionist feeling...


Breast Cancer Screenings

Alton Daily News.com - October 25, 2015 


...screenings for women seem right to an expert with the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. Doctor Robert Mocharnuk...


New research reveals extensive wildfires occurred significantly later than previously thought

Royal Holloway - October 21, 2015 

...Holloway, University of London and Professor Sue Rimmer from Southern Illinois University, reveals widespread fire occurred on Earth more than...


What Are Phytonutrients?

LiveScience - October 20, 2015 

according to Louis Premkumar, a professor of pharmacology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and author of "Fascinating Facts...


DMH - SIU Team Up To Improve Medical Care

Wandtv.com - October 20, 2015 

DMH - SIU Team Up To Improve Medical Care Decatur The days of driving to Springfield to get specialized forms of healthcare may soon be over...


Southern Illinois reaches majority opposition to fracking

Daily Egyptian - October 20, 2015 

...increasing in southern Illinois, according to a poll by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. When it surveyed citizens for encouraging fracking...


Bloody Arrowhead Reveals Maya 'Life Force' Ceremony

Discovery News - October 20, 2015 

...essential life force, said Prudence Rice, a professor emeritus at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. [Photos: Maya Mural Depicts Royal...


What Are Flavonoids?

LiveScience - October 19, 2015 

according to Louis Premkumar, a professor of pharmacology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and author of "Fascinating Facts...


Fall Edgar Lecture to focus on 2016 presidential race

Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - October 19, 2015 

political editor and political columnist before becoming director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in 2009.


Chicago Federation of Labor's president closes out Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month observance

Thesouthern.com - October 19, 2015 

...the Southern Illinois University Hispanic/Latino Resource Center and the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Ramirez is also vice president of...


Lincoln and the immigrants

Illinois Times - October 19, 2015 

...his views. I was interested therefore to read this week that Southern Illinois University Press has brought out what is describes as the first...


Kincaid Mounds Offers Look at Archaeological Discoveries and Techniques

Illinois IL - AmericanTowns.com - October 19, 2015 

...conducted at the site each year by college students in the Southern Illinois University Summer Field School. New this year at the Archaeology... 


Not Your Father's Root Beer and its curious rise to national sensation

Kentucky.com - October 19, 2015 

...northwest suburbs and studied graphic design and photo production at Southern Illinois University. College was also where he became aware of...


Film by POW's Daughter Explores Reconciliation With Japanese

ABCNews.go.com - October 16, 2015

... child,  filmmaker Jan Thompson wondered why her father would not talk about his experiences as World War II veteran. She was ...


4 surprising signs that point to serious illness

Kashmir Monitor - October 16, 2015

...a sign of an underactive thyroid gland, suggests research from Southern Illinois University. "The abnormality of the thyroid gland affects temperature...


Simmons Cancer Institute sponsoring "Freedom From Smoking" program

Wandtv.com - October 16, 2015 

...From Smoking" program SPRINGFIELD - The Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine says it is sponsoring the "Freedom...


Carbondale library debuting social work intern

Thesouthern.com - October 16, 2015

...library's social work intern The Carbondale library staff partnered with Southern Illinois University's School of Social Work to bring a master's...


SIU gets national recognition for its diversity efforts

KFVS 12 - October 15, 2015 

...its diversity efforts CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently received national rankings for its diversity efforts.


The Kasich lesson

Capitol Fax.com - October 15, 2015 

...questions just so, as a recent poll of southern Illinoisans by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute shows Some states have passed right-to-work...


20th Annual Memory Loss Conference Scheduled at SIU School of Medicine

Wandtv.com - October 15, 2015 

...the Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, the Alzheimer's Association and...


Unconstitutional Policing: Part 2—Minimizing Liability Strategies That Start and End at the Top

Police Chief Magazine - October 15, 2015 

...and chair of the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research focuses on leadership,


Pronounced Seasonal Changes in the Movement Ecology of a Highly Gregarious Central-Place Forager, the African Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)

Plos One - October 14, 2015 

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138985 Editor: Justin G. Boyles, Southern Illinois University, UNITED STATES Received: August 28, 2013; Accepted: September...


What Are Carotenoids?

LiveScience - October 14, 2015 

...not always. Louis Premkumar, a professor of pharmacology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and author of "Fascinating Facts...


13th Annual Women's Health Conference

WICS ABC NewsChannel 20 - October 14, 2015 

13th Annual Women's Health Conference SIU School of Medicine held its 13th annual women's health conference Wednesday. The conference took place...


Milwaukee gun shop found liable: Outlier or new normal? 

Christian Science Monitor - October 14, 2015 

...debate is another question. George Mocsary, an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, says that, while...


Spear injuries show worker life in ancient Egypt

USA Today - October 13, 2015

...dietary insufficiency," study author Gretchen Dabbs of Southern Illinois University says via email from Amarna, where she's examining... 


‘First In The Nation’ Exhibit Goes Live

Medium - October 13, 2015 

...Moines Register political reporter and current director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.


In Keokuk with wife Heidi, Ted Cruz checks off extreme southeast Iowa

Trail Blazers Blog - October 13, 2015 

...flame out, he said. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, and a longtime observer...


SIU forms eclipse viewing committee

KFVS 12 - October 13, 2015

...of the best places in the world to see the show. Southern Illinois University sees the eclipse as an opportunity to attract all those spectators... 


Poll: Rauner's Disapproval Rating At 50 Percent Among Southern Illinois Voters

Progress Illinois - October 13, 2015 

...a negative job approval rating in a poll released Monday by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. In the poll of 401 registered voters from... 


New Emergency Application Serves EMS Providers, 911 Operators & Consumers

Newswire - October 13, 2015 

...asked about the iSystem, Alison Huff-Rinaberger (MD) at the SIU School of Medicine said There is no other product or service that functions like... 


IDOA Receives Specialty Crop Grant Funds

USAgNet - October 13, 2015 

...strategies. ($28,397.00) -- Partner with Southern Illinois University to increase the production of Illinois wine grapes by creating improved soil...


Duke University professor returns to lab after winning Nobel Prize | abc11.com

Abc11.com - October 12, 2015 

...homecoming welcome - like Dr. Farid Kadyrov, associate professor at Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine. Kadyrov said he worked... 


Legal Roundtable examines gun control, the Justice Department report, Affirmative Action

St. Louis Public Radio - October 12, 2015 

...University; Bill Freivogel, director of the school of journalism at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; Jared Boyd, chief of staff and... 


Oak restoration workshop set

The Gazette - Democrat - October 12, 2015 

...Resources, IDNR. Dr. Charles Ruffner, forestry professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. IDNR district foresters Ben Snyder and David Allen, 


The best vitamins to fix your 14 worst vices

Health Medicine Network - October 09, 2015 

...loss, says Kathleen Campbell, PhD, director of audiology research at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. A diet rich in selenium, magnesium, 


Head and Neck Cancer: What You Need to Know

Healthy Cells Magazine - October 09, 2015 

...Know By Pardis Javadi, MD, and Arun Sharma, MD, MS, Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Head and neck cancers are cancers that start in the tissues...


Memorial Medical Center hosting osteroporosis seminar

Wandtv.com - October 07, 2015 

at 6:00 p.m. Featured speakers will include SIU HealthCare orthopedic surgeon Dr. Venkat Ganapathy and Springfield Clinic Nurse Practitioner...


Columnist, talk-show host featured speaker during Hispanic Heritage Month

Thesouthern.com - October 07, 2015 

...open to the public. The Hispanic/Latino Resource Center and the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute are co-sponsoring this event. Gonzalez, 68,


How an SIU film professor got famous voices into her documentary

Thesouthern.com - October 05, 2015 

...appeared in Carbondale on Sept. 14 for an event hosted by the SIU Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The film was shown that day at the SIU... 


Memorial Medical Center Named Comprehensive Stroke Center

Lincoln Daily News - October 05, 2015 

...Medical Center includes board-certified physicians and surgeons from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Clinical Radiologists, Mid-America...


 THE INSIDERS: October 4th Edition, Part 1 – David Yepsen

WHOTV.com - October 04, 2015 

...days, he is the Director of the Paul Simon Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He joins Channel 13's Dave Price as...


Simmons Cancer Institute Hosts Denim And Diamonds Gala

WICS ABC NewsChannel 20 - October 03, 2015 

Simmons Cancer Institute Hosts Denim And Diamonds Gala The Crowne Plaza in Springfield shined bright like a diamond all for a good cause. The...


Gun Debate Heats Up After Oregon Shooting

WSILTV - October 02, 2015 

...that," said Smith. Political analyst John Jackson, with the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, calls that idea good in theory, but possibly...


Don't overlook a university because of its reputation

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - October 01, 2015 

...student newspaper as a sophomore. And if it weren t for SIU s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, I wouldn t be writing this essay for one of...


Hunters asked to report suspicious deer for EHD

Outdoor News - October 01, 2015 

...of the population, Eric Schauber, a wildlife ecologist with Southern Illinois University Carbondale, said, adding that there are several cases...


Playing with Fire: Third Degree Glass Factory

Ladue News - October 01, 2015 

...factory. Auer, who has an industrial design degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, along with three of his Washington University...


The controversial group at the center of the Pope Francis-Kim Davis meeting

The Washington Post - September 30, 2015 

...roiling California. There, according to Tobin Grant, a Southern Illinois University political scientist, it staked out a more ideological position... 


Fitness path dedication service Oct. 6

Journal-Pilot Online - September 30, 2015 

...from the Evanses and Matthew and Becky Dickinson and a grant from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, the path is ready to use.


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